Clothes-line reel.



A MADER CLOTHES LINE REEL.

APPLIGATION FILED 1330.13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALOIS MADER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

CLOTHES-LINE REEL.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALOIS MADER, a subject of the King of Bavaria,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Line Reels, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a clothes line reel, and the object of myinvention is the provision of simple and effective means for protectinga clothes line from rain, frost and the forces of nature that would beinjurious to the same.

My invention aims to provide a casing containing a revoluble reel towhich is attached a clothes line adapted to be wound thereon. At the endof the reel is located a novel lock for holding the reel in a fixedposition with relation to the casing, whereby the clothes line cannotaccidentally unwind after clothes have been placed upon the same.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be presentlydescribed and then specifically claimed.

Referring to the drawings :Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view ofa clothes line reel constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2is a cross sectional View of the same, Fig. 3 is an end view of theclothes line reel, Fig. 4 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view ofa portion of the clothes line reel, illustrating a modification of myinvention, Fig. 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of anothermodified form of my invention, and Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view ofthe same.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a cylindrical casing havingone end thereof closed, as at 2, and the opposite end thereof open, asat 3. The wall of the casing 1 is provided with a longitudinal slot 4and the edge of the casing at the open end thereof is formed with aplurality of circumferentially arranged notches 5, the object of whichwill presently appear.

Mounted in the closed end 2 of the casing and extending longitudinallytherein is a bolt 6 which is held in engagement with the casing by a nut7 and a washer 7 Upon this bolt within the casing is revolubly mounted areel 8 having heads 9 and 10. lVound upon the reel 8 is a clothes line11, said line having one end thereof fixed to Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed December 13, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Serial No. 532,890.

the reel, while the other end extends through the slot 4. The head 9 ofthe reel 8 adjacent to the periphery thereof is provided with an eyebolt12 and pivotally connected to this eyebolt is a handle 13, said handlewhen in the dotted'position illustrated in Fig. 1 being employed forrotating the reel, while when in the position illustrated by full lines,said handle engages in one of the notches 5 and prevents the reel fromaccidentally rotating and unwinding the clothes line thereon.

In Fig. 4 of the drawing, I have illustrated a slight modification of myinvention, wherein a spring drum is employed for normally maintainingthe clothes line 11 in a wound position within the casing 1. The casmg 1in this instance is provided with a longitudinal shaft 14 upon which isrevolubly mounted the reel 8. Secured to the head 10 of said reel is asmall gear wheel 15 meshing with a large gear wheel 16, said gear wheelbeing mounted upon a stub shaft 17, revolubly mounted in the closed end2 of the casing 1. Upon this stub shaft 17 is a small gear wheel 18meshing with a large gear wheel 19 loosely mounted upon the shaft 14.Arranged upon the shaft 14 between the large gear wheel 19 and theclosed end of the casing 2 is a spring drum 20, this drum being of aconventional form, such as commonly used in the art of horology.

The drum 20 is preferably secured to the large gear wheel 19 with oneend of the spring mounted therein attached to the casing 1, whereby whenthe clothes line 11 is unwound from the reel 8, the spring will beplaced under tension and immediately upon the clothes line beingreleased, the spring of the spring drum will, through the medium of thetrain of gears 15, 16, 18 and 19, rotate the reel 8 and wind the clothesline thereon.

The casing 1 can be suitably secured to a post or similar support,whereby the clothes line contained therein can be readily used forsupporting clothes, and for conveniently carrying the casing 1, saidcasing is provided with a handle 21.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings I have illustrated still anothermodification of the invention, wherein the open end of the easing isprovided with a triangularly shaped beam 22 and journaled in said beamis a stub shaft 23, which together with a pin 24 is adapted to revolublysupport a reel 25 Within the casing 1. Connected to the beam 22 is acasing 26 and Within said casing is a train of spring actuated gearssimilar to the gears previously described, these gears re- Winding thereel 25 after it has been unwound by the withdrawal of a clothes line.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

A clothes line reel comprising a cylindrical casing having a closed endand an open end, said casing having a longitudinal slot formed thereinand the edge of said casing at the open end provided withcircumferentially arranged notches, a bolt secured in the closed end ofsaid casing and extending longitudinally thereof, a reel j ournaled uponsaid bolt and adapted to have a clothes line wound thereon with one endsecured to said reel and the opposite end extending through saidlongitudinal slot, and a handle pivotally connected to the end of saidreel at the open end of said casing, said handle being adapted to swinginto one of the notches of said casing for holding said reel stationary,substanti, lly as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ALOIS MADER.

lVitnesses A. H. RABsAREJ, MAX H. Snonovrrz.

